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...happens to forget this little rule of commerce, or offer your customers a little promotional gift, a consortium of 1,600 German businesses will be happy to take you to court to keep you in line. The latest defendant in the German war against "unfair competition" is Wisconsin-based clothier Lands? End. The charge? That Lands? End?s unlimited money-back guarantee ? inviting consumers to return any of the company?s products, at any time, for any reason ? is illegal under German laws purported to protect consumers from companies that distort their prices with offers of freebies. In this case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unlimited Guarantee? Was Ist Das? | 9/24/1999 | See Source »

Replacing the 81-year-old Tasty, a beloved, 24-hour burger joint, the trendy clothier is only the most recent example of the gentrification of Harvard Square...

Author: By Kirsten G. Studlien, | Title: Big Names Leave No Space for Mom and Pop | 9/13/1999 | See Source »

Dozoretz, 48, grew up in Worcester, Mass.; her mother was a homemaker, her father a dentist, teacher and sometime inventor. She rose from the retail-sales floor to become president of a women's clothier in New York City. By 1989, only in her late 30s, she had been twice divorced and was financially comfortable enough to contemplate retiring. Then, at a party, she met Ron Dozoretz, head of FHC Health Systems, a large behavioral-health, managed-care outfit. (His estimated net worth, according to Virginia Business magazine: $250 million.) He proposed two weeks after their first date...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Doyenne Of The Dollars | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

...only food, but also clothes, are sold by presenting the body image women overwhelmingly desire, panelists said. Laura Wenke, senior vice president for marketing at upscale women's clothier Anne Klein, said her company's new advertisements feature professional women, rather than models, because many customers think models are too thin...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Panelists Say Media Promotes Eating Disorders | 2/24/1999 | See Source »

...only food, but also clothes, are sold by presenting the body image women overwhelmingly desire, panelists said. Laura Wenke, senior vice president for marketing at upscale women's clothier Anne Klein, said her company's new advertisements feature professional women, rather than models, because many customers think models are too thin...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Panelists Says Media Promotes Eating Disorders | 2/24/1999 | See Source »

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